Kanapathipillai Wignarajah

Background

Wignarajah, Kanapathipillai was born on December 26, 1944 in Batticaloa, Sri Lanka. Son of Sinnathnamby and Nagaratnam (Nallathamby) K. came to the United States, 1988.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Botany, U. Ceylon, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 1969; Doctor of Philosophy in Plant Physiology, U. Liverpool, England, 1974.

Career

Assistant lecturer in botany, U. Ceylon, Sri Lanka, 1969-1971; research associate agronomy Department, University Western Australia, 1974-1975; lecturer, U. Malawi, Africa, 1975-1976; lecturer, U. West Indies, Trinidad, 1976-1984; senior lecturer, U. Guyana, S. American, 1985-1986; Research associate, U. Wales, Bangor, United Kingdom, 1986-1987; research associate, Center National de la Research Science, Montpellier, France, 1987-1988; research associate, U. Oklahoma, Norman, 1988-1989; research associate, University of California, Santa Cruz, 1989-1990; senior scientist, Lockheed Martin Engineering & Science, Moffett Field, California, since 1990. Consultant National Institute for Science and Technology, Georgetwon, Guyana, 1985-1986. Inter-American Institute for Cooperative in Agricultural, 1985-1986.

Reviewer for Tropical Agricultural, 1980-1986, Oecologia Plantarium, 1986-1987, Environmental and Experimental Botany,1990-, Grant Proposals to National Aeronautics and Space Administration, since 1991.

Achievements

• Kanapathipillai Wignarajah has been listed as a noteworthy Plant physiologist, researcher, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Secretary Ceylon National History Society, Sri Lanka, 1969-1971. Fellow Indian Chemical Society. Member Scandinavian Society Plant Physiologists, Phytochem.

Society Europe.

Connections

Married Asha Vasanti Ramcharan, August 2, 1984. Children: Avisha Nia, Amira Tari.

Father:

Sinnathnamby K.

Mother:

Nagaratnam (Nallathamby) K.

Spouse:

Asha Vasanti Ramcharan

child:

Amira Tari Wignarajah

child:

Avisha Nia Wignarajah